Hello and welcome! I\'ve been working my way through Altenew Academy\'s Irresistible Inking class and I wanted to share this card. Sara Naumann is the instructor and she provided loads of inking details, tips and techniques to make cards more interesting. I used three of these techniques on my card. After watching all the videos, I… Continue reading Altenew Academy – Irresistable Inking
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Altenew Academy – Seasonal Scene Building
Hello and welcome. I just finished Nichol Spohr\'s Altenew class on scene building and wanted to share this card. I love \"scene cards\" so this class was very fun for me. My card concept was \"coffee in the garden\". I was especially inspired by Nicole\'s lessons #1 and #4 on creating scenes and die-cut scenes. My… Continue reading Altenew Academy – Seasonal Scene Building
Altenew Academy: Celebration Stencil Techniques
Hello and welcome. I just finished a wonderful Altenew Academy course and I am excited to share my card with you. Laurel Beard taught us stencil techniques and I loved them all! This is my favorite card from the class. I also used my favorite Altenew stamp and die bundle called Weekend Doodles.My inspiration came… Continue reading Altenew Academy: Celebration Stencil Techniques
WWC274 – Dawn\’s Challenge: Anything Goes with a Feminine Twist
Hello and welcome! We are making \"feminine\" cards this week at The Watercooler Wednesday Challenge Website and Dawn is our hostess.I\'ve been admiring \"grid\" cards online and decided I wanted to make a watercolor botanical version. My Process:I decided to make an oversized A6 card since there is so much going on with the layout. I started by… Continue reading WWC274 – Dawn\’s Challenge: Anything Goes with a Feminine Twist
Altenew Academy – Let It Shine
I finished Altenew Academy\'s Let It Shine Class and wanted to share this card on my blog. As the name suggests, our teacher Clarissa Wiley, taught us to embellish our cards with a bit of shine. I am happy with the way this card turned out....but boy did I put in a lot of work. … Continue reading Altenew Academy – Let It Shine
Altenew Academy – Cards For the Guys
Hello and welcome. Today, my blog post is about making masculine cards and I\'ve chosen to do a color blocking background. Fun, bright and eye-catching. I started by cutting four 2x2 squares from brightly colored card stock. My inspiration came from Jennifer Rzasa and her class on Pop Art Color Blocking. Once the squares were cut,… Continue reading Altenew Academy – Cards For the Guys
WWC273 – Marsha\’s Challenge: All About Occasions
Hello and welcome! Today we are making Occasion cards at The Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and Marsha is our hostess.I wanted to create a 3D village scene by incorporating a fussy cut \"peek-a-boo\"window on my card. I started by stamping two card panels:In the center, a bit toward the top of one panel I stamped the longer… Continue reading WWC273 – Marsha\’s Challenge: All About Occasions
Altenew Academy – Easy Ink Blending Techniques
Hello and welcome. I am excited about this new technique I learned at Altenew Academy! I love ink blending but had never done \"faux watercoloring\" like this. This is my homework assignment for lesson #5 and I was very inspired by our instructor, Amy Lee, and the process she walked us through. This card has two… Continue reading Altenew Academy – Easy Ink Blending Techniques
Altenew Academy – Clean and Simple Boutique Card
Hello and welcome. Today I am sharing my third card from my Altenew Academy journey. Jennifer Rzasa taught us about Clean and Simple Boutique cards and I learned a lot. I chose to write my blogpost about my homework assignment for lesson 2 - Stamped Backgrounds. I love pattern stamping, but this card pushed me… Continue reading Altenew Academy – Clean and Simple Boutique Card
Coffee Lover\’s Wreath
I always love the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hops and I\'ve made this bright cheery card for their Spring/Summer Blog Hop.I wanted to do a springy wreath so I went through my stamp sets looking for images that would work for my idea. I started by dry embossing the background and then I die cut a circle… Continue reading Coffee Lover\’s Wreath
